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| 2013 May. 17 |
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Afghan MPs to debate women's rights| Afghan MPs are to debate a law to prevent violence against women, amid a fierce argument between leading Afghan women over tactics | |
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| 2013 May. 15 |
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15 killed, including 6 Americans, after car bomb hits US convoy A suicide bomber has blown himself up near a convoy of foreign armoured cars in Afghanistan's capital, Kabul, the provincial police chief says
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| 2013 May. 14 |
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4 US troops killed by roadside bomb in Afghanistan The soldiers were in a vehicle on patrol in the Zhari district of the Kandahar province
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| 2013 May. 4 |
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5 US troops killed in southern Afghanistan 5 US troops were KIA today in Kandahar Province when their Stryker vehicle struck an IED, a roadside bomb
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| 2013 Apr. 27 |
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Afghan Nato plane crash kills four A plane has crashed, killing four military personnel, the Nato-led International Security Assistance Force (Isaf) says
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| 2013 Apr. 21 |
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'Foreigners held' in Afghanistan A group of up to nine foreign nationals have been abducted by Taliban insurgents in eastern Afghanistan, reports say
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| 2013 Apr.3 |
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Dozens dead in Afghan court attack A suicide bomb and gun attack on a courthouse in western Afghanistan has left more than 50 people dead and 90 injured, most of them civilians
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| 2013 Mar.25 |
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Afghan attack kills five police Five police officers have been killed in a suicide attack on a police station. The attack has been claimed by the Taliban
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| 2013 Mar.11 |
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2 Americans among dead in Afghan attack Several NATO and Afghan service members were killed when an assailant wearing an Afghan National Security Forces uniform opened fire on the group
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| 2013 Feb.24 |
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US forces 'must leave' Afghan region The Afghan president Karzai has ordered US special forces to leave Wardak province within two weeks
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| 2013 Feb.18 |
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Civilian casualties in Afghanistan fall The number of civilian casualties in Afghanistan has fallen for the first time in six years, a UN report says
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| 2013 Feb.16 |
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Karzai limits Afghan air strike help Afghan security forces are to be banned from calling for foreign air strikes in residential areas, President Hamid Karzai has said
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| 2013 Feb.13 |
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Obama: 34,000 U.S. troops out of Afghanistan President Barack Obama announced in his State of the Union speech that some 34,000 U.S. troops will have returned home by this time next year
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| 2013 Jan.21 |
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Prince Harry returns from Afghan mission Britain's Prince has acknowledged that he killed Taliban insurgents on his latest tour of duty as a crew member of an Apache attack helicopter
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| 2013 Jan.20 |
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Suicide attack in Afghan capital A suicide attack has been launched on a traffic police building in the west of the Afghan capital, Kabul
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| 2013 Jan.11 |
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Obama and Karzai discuss endgame President Barack Obama has welcomed Afghan President Hamid Karzai to the White House to discuss the future role of the US in Afghanistan
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| 2012 Dec.16 |
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Afghanistan mine kills 10 girls At least 10 young girls have been killed and two others injured in a landmine explosion in eastern Afghanistan, officials say
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| 2012 Oct.1 |
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Suicide bombing rocks Afghan city A suicide bomber has killed at least 20 people, three of them Nato soldiers, in the eastern Afghan city of Khost, Nato and local officials say
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| 2012 Sep.30 |
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US toll in Afghan war hits 2,000 Two Americans and three Afghan soldiers died in a firefight that may have involved insurgent forces
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| 2012 Sep.17 |
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Afghanistan suicide bomber hits Kabul bus Up to 12 people are reported to have been killed in a suicide bomb attack on a minibus carrying foreigners near the Afghan capital
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| 2012 Sep.16 |
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Afghan women 'die in Nato strike' At least 8 women have died in an air strike. Nato has conceded that between 5 and 8 civilians died as it targeted insurgents, and offered condolences
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| 2012 Jul.13 |
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Wedding bomb 'kills top Afghan MP' A well-known Afghan politician and at least 20 other people have been killed in a suicide attack in the northern province of Samangan
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| 2012 Jul.3 |
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Pakistan reopens NATO supply routes to Afghanistan Pakistan has decided to reopen supply routes that the United States and its allies have used for their troops in Afghanistan
| US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said: 'We are sorry for the losses suffered by the Pakistani military'
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| 2012 Jun.21 |
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Taliban attack hotel near Kabul Taliban militants have attacked a hotel near Kabul, triggering a gun battle with Afghan security forces
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| 2012 May.21 |
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NATO summit Oks Obama's Afghan timetable 
NATO leaders signed off on President Obama's exit strategy from Afghanistan that calls for an end to combat operations next year
| NATO's combat troops would be withdrawn by the end of 2014, with only training units remaining
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| 2012 May.13 |
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Top Afghan peace negotiator shot dead Arsala Rahmani was ex-Taliban minister and a key member of Afghanistan's High Peace Council, which negotiates a deal with the Taliban
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| 2012 Apr.15 |
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Assaults target presidential palace, embassies Attackers in Afghanistan launched a coordinated wave of assaults, targeting a heavily protected district of the capital
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| 2012 Mar.14 |
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Soldier accused of Afghan killings flown out of country The U.S. soldier accused of killing 16 civilians during a weekend rampage has been transferred out of Afghanistan while awaiting charges
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| 2012 Mar.10 |
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US soldier kills Afghan civilians A US soldier in Afghanistan is reported to have killed a number of Afghan civilians after walking off his base in Kandahar province
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| 2012 Feb.26 |
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Attack near NATO base kills nine A suicide bomber detonated a car full of explosives near a NATO-led International Security Assistance Force base at Jalalabad airport
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| 2012 Feb.24 |
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Afghan Koran protests reach deadly peak At least 12 people are killed as protests continue for a fourth day across Afghanistan over the burning of Korans at a US air base
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| 2012 Feb.21 |
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Nato in Afghanistan Koran apology US Gen John R Allen, the Nato commander in Afghanistan, has apologised over reports foreign troops may have burnt copies of the Koran
| The books were taken from prisoners after the US uncovered a secret Taliban message system.
Rumours that a Koran had been burnt led to protests outside the US base.
Gen John R Allen said any 'improper disposal' of religious materials was inadvertent
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| 2012 Jan.19 |
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Afghan helicopter crash kills six Six Nato soldiers have been killed in a helicopter crash in Afghanistan, the worst crash since 30 soldiers died last August
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| 2012 Jan.3 |
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Taliban ready for talks 'with foreigners' The Afghan Taliban are prepared to open an 'office outside the country for talks with foreigners,' a spokesman for the movement said
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| 2011 Dec.6 |
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Dozens killed in sectarian Afghan attack Twin suicide bombings killed dozens in a mass-scale sectarian attack on Shiite worshippers unlike anything the country has seen
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| 2011 Oct.29 |
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9 Americans, including 4 troops killed A suicide bomber has attacked a bus carrying foreign troops in the Afghan capital killing 13 US soldiers
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| 2011 Sep.20 |
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Ex-Afghanistan president assassinated Burhanuddin Rabbani, considered vital to peace efforts in the country, was assassinated. He had been leading the Afghan peace council
| 2 suicide bombers feigning a desire to conduct reconciliation talks, detonated themselves. The attacker hid the explosive device inside his turban
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| 2011 Sep.13 |
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Militants fire on U.S. Embassy Afghan and coalition forces battled Taliban who launched 3 brazen assaults, including a attack on the U.S. Embassy and NATO's command
| The strike in central Kabul and two other assaults across the city left residents unnerved.
3 police officers have died and others have been injured in the violence
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| 2011 Aug.6 |
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Taliban 'kill 30 elite US forces' 
A US Chinook helicopter crash in eastern Afghanistan has killed 31 US special forces and seven Afghan commandos in Wardak province
| The copter was returning from an operation against the Taliban in which eight insurgents are believed to have been killed
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| 2011 Jul.27 |
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Kandahar mayor killed in suicide attack The mayor of restive southern city was killed, the latest in a series of recent high-profile assassinations
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| 2011 Jul.12 |
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Karzai's half-brother shot dead Ahmed Wali Karzai, the Kandahar provincial council chief, was killed during a gathering at the hands of a guard
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| 2011 Jun.28 |
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Suicide bombers attack luxury hotel Six Taliban gunmen and suicide bombers attacked Kabul's Hotel Inter-Continental in a brazen, carefully orchestrated operation
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| 2011 Jun.25 |
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Suicide bomber targets hospital, kills 35 A suicide bomb attack targeting a hospital in eastern Afghanistan killed at least 35 people and wounded more than two dozen
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| 2011 Jun.22 |
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Obama orders cut in Afghan force Obama has announced the withdrawal of 10,000 US troops this year and another 23,000 by the end of September 2012
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| 2011 Jun.18 |
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Karzai: U.S. in peace talks with Taliban The United States is involved in peace talks with the Taliban, Afghan President Hamid Karzai told a youth group
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| 2011 May.29 |
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Airstrike reportedly killed 12 children Afghans, NATO investigation was underway into allegations that a coalition airstrike in killed a dozen children and two women
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| 2011 May.28 |
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Suicide blast: 1 general killed, 1 injured Injured Maj. Gen. Markus Kneip is a German office and the regional head of the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force in 9 provinces
| Gen Mohammad Daud Daud, the police commander for northern Afghanistan, has been killed in the attack on Takhar province governor's office
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Six killed on first day of Taliban offensive A 12-year-old suicide bomber killed three other people, including a district council head, and armed attackers shot to death two police officers
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| 2011 Apr.27 |
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Man opens fire on Americans; 9 dead Eight coalition troops and a civilian were killed in a shooting by Afghan military pilot at an Afghan air force compound
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| 2011 Apr.3 |
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Afghan Koran protests spreading At least one person has been killed and 18 injured in a third day of protests over the burning of a Koran in the US last month
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| 2011 Feb.19 |
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Bank hit by suicide bomb attack 38 people have been killed and more than 70 wounded in an attack on a bank in the city of Jalalabad
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| 2010 Oct.28 |
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DEA: $56 million worth of heroin seized The operation was conducted by the DEA, the Department of Defense, NATO, the Afghanistan Ministry of Interior, Russia
| Raids disrupted four clandestine laboratories associated with a significant narcotics traffick.
One metric ton of heroin was seized, along with opium
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| 2010 Sep.18 |
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Afghans brave Taliban to vote Afghans have voted in a parliamentary election, with turnout estimated at about 40%, although there have been a number of Taliban attacks
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| 2010 Aug.7 |
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Taliban kills medics, including Americans Ten people -- including at least six Americans -- were killed by gunmen. The foreigners were believed to have been doctors
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| 2010 Jul.25 |
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Thousands of Afghan war docs go online A whistle-blower website has published more than 90,000 U.S. military and diplomatic reports about Afghanistan filed between 2004 and January 2010
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| 2010 Jun.23 |
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Obama fires US Afghan commander Gen Stanley McChrystal, has been dismissed by President Obama after critical comments about senior US officials in a magazine
| He will be replaced by Gen David Petraeus, who led the surge strategy in Iraq
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| 2010 Jun.9 |
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39 dead in blast at Afghanistan wedding A bombing at a wedding ceremony Wednesday in Kandahar province killed 39 people and wounded 73 others
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| 2010 Apr.1 |
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Karzai accuses UN over election fraud Afghan President has accused foreign election observers of fraud during last year's disputed vote
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| 2010 Mar.13 |
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Kandahar hit by suicide bombers, 30 dead 40 more wounded in 4 bombings. The attackers struck near a prison, a hotel, a mosque and at a city centre road junction
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| 2010 Feb.25 |
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Loud explosions in Afghan capital Two explosions and the sound of gunfire have been heard in the centre of the capital
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Afghan flag raised over Taliban town Authorities raised the Afghan flag over the battle-scarred enclave, a ceremony symbolizing the presence of the government in the Taliban stronghold
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| 2010 Feb.12 |
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NATO launching major Afghan offensive Map of Marjah Southern Afghanistan NATO troops were set to launch their biggest offensive of the war, attacking the last Taliban stronghold in a war-scarred southern province
| Operation Moshtarak. Moshtarak, a Dari word for 'together,' symbolizes the combined forces are serving alongside one another.
15,000 troops from the United States, United Kingdom, Afghanistan and Canada attacked Taliban targets in and around Marjah
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| 2009 Dec.30 |
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Eight US 'CIA agents' killed in bomb attack Map of Khost Afghanistan A bomber was wearing an explosive vest managed to enter Forward Operating Base Chapman
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| 2009 Dec.1 |
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Obama: 3-year plan to end Afghan war The deployment of 30,000 additional U.S. troops is part of a strategy to reverse the Taliban's momentum and stabilize the country's government
| The new deployment over six months will bring U.S. troop strength in the country to more than 100,000. Obama urged America's allies to send more troops and insisted there were no parallels with Vietnam
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| 2009 Nov.2 |
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Karzai declared elected president| Afghan electoral officials declared incumbent President Hamid Karzai the winner of another term in office, after canceling second round of voting | |
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| 2009 Oct.27 |
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3 U.N. staff killed in firefight The staff members were living in a private guesthouse in central Kabul near where an attack took place
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| 2009 Oct.20 |
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Karzai accepts election runoff Afghan President bowed to Western pressure, agreeing to take part in a presidential runoff vote in two weeks
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| 2009 Sep.8 |
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Recount clouds Karzai poll lead Latest results from presidential election show President Hamid Karzai with 54.1% of the vote after 92% of polling stations declared
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| 2009 Sep.3 |
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'Scores die' in explosion At least 90 people have been killed after NATO air strike blew up a fuel tanker hijacked by the Taliban
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| 2009 Aug.25 |
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At least 40 killed in Afghan explosion A massive car bomb explosion in the center of the city has killed at least 30 people. Dozens more were hurt as buildings collapsed in the attack
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| 2009 Jul.20 |
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U.S. have deadliest month in Afghanistan Four U.S. troops were killed in eastern Afghanistan in a roadside bombing. The deaths would raise U.S. military fatalities in Afghanistan to 30 in July
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| 2009 Jul.1 |
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U.S. launches 'major operation' 4,000 Americans, mostly the Marines, and 650 Afghan soldiers and police launched Operation Khanjar, 'strike of the sword' against Taliban fighters
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| 2008 Dec.19 |
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US to send 3,000 more troops to Afgh-an Defense Secretary Robert Gates has signed a deployment order to move an additional 3,000 troops next year as a part of a combat aviation brigade
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| 2008 Aug.13 |
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4 aid workers killed The Taliban gunmen opened fire on an aid group's vehicle in eastern Afghanistan, killing four International Rescue Committee workers
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| 2008 Jul.19 |
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Obama opens foreign tour US Democratic presidential contender, who flew to Kabul as part of a US congressional team, is at the start of a high-profile international tour
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| 2008 Jun.13 |
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Taliban jail raid frees hundreds About 340 Militants attacked a main prison in Kandahar province, blowing its entrance open and allowing a large number of inmates to escape
| Afghan security forces hunt for hundreds of prisoners who escaped from a jail after Taliban fighters blew up the main gate. A state of emergency has been declared in the city
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| 2008 Apr.26 |
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President flees ceremony attack Hamid Karzai and other quickly scrambled toward safety when the sound of gunfire and explosions interrupted a military ceremony
| Security forces whisked Karzai away from the scene and hundreds of people fled as shots rang out. He and other dignitaries were safe. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack which happened at a Mujahideen Day ceremony to mark 16 years since the overthrow of the country's Soviet-backed rule
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| 2008 Feb.29 |
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Harry withdrawn from Afghanistan 23-year-old Prince Harry is to be withdrawn from Afghanistan after news of his secret deployment leaked out
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| 2008 Feb.16 |
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At least 80 people killed in blast A suspected bomb attack has killed dozens of people in Kandahar, as people were watching a dog-fighting competition
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| 2008 Jan.14 |
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Taliban attack luxury hotel The Taliban say 4 of their fighters have attacked the luxury Serena hotel, popular with foreign visitors
| At least five people and a suicide bomber were killed. The dead included an U.S. citizen and a Norwegian newspaper reporter
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| 2007 Dec.25 |
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Afghanistan expels top UN and EU officials One British, the other Irish based in Helmand province, had been holding meetings with different tribes and groups, including the Taliban
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| 2007 Nov.6 |
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64 dead in suicide attack At least 6 members of the parliament were killed in the blast in the province of Baghlan in northern Afghanistan
| Later blast death toll reaches 75. Schoolchildren were also among the dead. President Karzai condemned and 'expressed his deep sorrow at the martyrdom of a number of Afghan MPs'
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| 2007 Sep.27 |
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170 militants dead Afghan and coalition troops have killed about 170 insurgents in 3 days of intense fighting concentrated
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| 2007 Sep.1 |
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Freed Koreans return home The 19 church workers freed from captivity in Afghanistan have arrived home in Seoul, after being held by the Taleban for 6 weeks
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| 2007 Aug.30 |
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Final S. Korean hostages freed by Taliban Kidnappers released the 7 remaining hostages and handed them over to Red Cross officials
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| 2007 Jul.22 |
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Former king Zahir Shah dies Zahir Shah has died at the age of 92 following a long illness. He was deposed in 1973 and went into exile, but returned in 2002
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| 2007 Jul.20 |
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Taliban threaten abducted South Koreans The militants threatened to kill a group of abducted Christians within 24 hours unless S. Korea withdraws its troops from Afghanistan
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| 2007 Jun.22 |
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NATO strike 'kills 25 civilians' Taliban militants stormed police posts, prompting heavy fighting and air strikes that reportedly left 25 civilians and 20 militants dead
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| 2007 Jun.16 |
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Afghan police hit by suicide bomb, 35 killed The bomb went off close to police HQ in the city centre at rush hour. Most of the dead are police recruits
| A man had blown himself up on board the police academy bus. Such an attack is new in Kabul and the tactics have been borrowed directly from Iraq
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| 2007 May.12 |
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Taliban commander Mullah Dadullah killed The Taliban's top military commander in Afghanistan has been killed in fighting with Afghan and Western forces in the south of the country
| Afghan forces were backed by NATO air support in the Helmand province
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| 2006 Oct.25 |
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Skull scandal 'disgusts' Germany Chancellor Merkel called photos of soldiers in Afghanistan playing with a skull 'shocking and disgusting'
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| 2006 Sep.10 |
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Suicide bomb kills Afghan governor Gov. Abdul Hakim Taniwal's bodyguard and his secretary were also killed in southeastern Paktia province
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| 2006 Jun.18 |
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Insurgents toll rises to 85 Taliban mounted new attacks as 10,000 Afghan and coalition troops pressed on with a major offensive
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| 2006 Jun.15 |
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40 killed as troops take aim at Taliban Operation Mountain Thrust aimed at routing out resurgent fighters in southern Afghanistan
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| 2006 May.29 |
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Deaths as riots sweep Kabul A fatal car crash involving U.S. troops has triggered widespread riots in the in the capital
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| 2006 Mar.21 |
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Convert 'faces execution' The US have expressed concern over reports that a Muslim convert to Christianity could face the death penalty
| Abdul Rahman, 41, is charged with rejecting Islam and could be executed unless he reconverts.
The US stressed it did not want to interfere.
Rahman converted 16 years ago as an aid worker. His family denounced him in a custody dispute over his 2 children.
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Cartoon protests turn deadly 5 Afghans die as protests against cartoons satirising the Prophet sweep across the country
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| 2005 Sep.18 |
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Afghanistan holds landmark elections Voters went to the polls amid heavy security to elect representatives to the parliament and local legislators
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| 2005 May.15 |
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Newsweek backs off Quran story The report that U.S. interrogators desecrated copies of the Quran blamed for sparking violent riots in Afghanistan
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| 2004 Nov.3 |
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Karzai declared poll winner Incumbent has been declared the winner of first direct presidential election
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| 2004 Oct.24 |
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Karzai wins Afghan majority Interim leader has won a majority of estimated votes cast in landmark presidential elections
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| 2004 Oct.9 |
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Karzai rivals demand new vote All but 2 of the candidates laid down charges of voter fraud and vowed to discount any results
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| 2004 Mar.21 |
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Government minister killed in Heart Civil aviation minister Mirwais Sadiq was killed after an assassination attempt against his father, warlord Ismail Khan
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| 2004 Jan.4 |
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Loya jirga agrees constitution The document gives the president sweeping powers. It awards parliament the power to appoint of ministers
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| 2002 Sep.5 |
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Karzai escapes assassin Kandahar governor wounded; gunman wore army uniform the new Afghan army. A bodyguard and shooter were killed
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| 2002 Jul.6 |
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Vice president shot dead Gunmen have shot dead Haji Abdul Qadir and his driver outside the gates of a government ministry
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| 2002 Jun.13 |
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Karzai elected head of state Karzai received more than 80% of the votes of loya jirga. His closest rival was a woman
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| 2002 Jun.11 |
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Former king opened loya jirga Mohammed Zahir Shah has told a traditional gathering that he wants to adopt a democratic system based on Islam
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| 2002 Apr.17 |
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Kabul joy as ex-king returns 87-year-old Zahir Shah has returned from Italy accompanied by Karzai amid tight security after almost 30 years of exile
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| 2002 Mar.26 |
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Quake kills 2,000 Series of earthquakes struck remote northern province of Baghlan. Up to 20,000 had been left homeless
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Kabul mob kills minister Pilgrims have beaten to death Civil Aviation Minister A. Rahman after rumours that he had cancelled a flight to Saudi Arabia
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| 2001 Dec.21 |
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Swearing-in of interim government Ceremony attended by representatives from every province. 30-member government is to be headed by Hamid Karzai
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| 2001 Dec.6 |
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Kandahar fell The Taliban lost last major stronghold. Opposition forces entered the city. There are reports of looting
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| 2001 Nov.19 |
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4 journalists killed Gunmen stopped an unguarded convoy on the way from Jalalabad to Kabul. 4 bodies had been found
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| 2001 Nov.14 |
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Aid workers freed 8 Western workers airlifted out of the country by a US military helicopter
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| 2001 Nov.12 |
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Alliance moves in abandoned Kabul| Taliban have withdrawn most of their troops from the capital moving along a road to the south | |
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| 2001 Nov.9 |
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Opposition claims Mazar-e-Sharif
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| 2001 Oct.26 |
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Taleban opponent executed Taleban say they have executed opposition commander Abdul Haq, one of the guerrilla commanders
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| 2001 Oct.7 |
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US begins military strike Loud explosions and anti-aircraft fire in Kabul, Kandahar and Jalalabad
| Cruise missiles, bombers and submarines had been used in the attack on broad range of targets. Osama Bin Laden was seen on video making a defiant statement
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Massoud attacked Anti-Taliban leader suffered in an assassination attempt. U.S. officials say Massoud was killed. His brother claims he's alive
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